I wrote: > Kelvin Wood wrote to linux1394-user: ... >> Sep 8 18:02:35 server kernel: Vendor: Maxtor Model: OneTouch III Rev: 0338 >> Sep 8 18:02:35 server kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 06 >> Sep 8 18:02:35 server kernel: blk: queue c8897018, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) >> Sep 8 18:02:35 server kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 >> Sep 8 18:02:35 server kernel: SCSI device sda: 586114704 512-byte hdwr sectors (300091 MB) >> Sep 8 18:02:35 server kernel: sda:<6>Device 08:00 not ready. >> Sep 8 18:02:35 server kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 >> Sep 8 18:02:35 server kernel: Device 08:00 not ready. >> Sep 8 18:02:35 server kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 >> Sep 8 18:02:35 server kernel: unable to read partition table > > Was the disk already spinning before sbp2 logged in? ... >> Kernel: kernel-smp-2.4.21-40.EL ... I just browsed the 2.4.20 sources at lxr.linux.no and it appears that 2.4's sd driver does send Start Stop Unit (start = 1) to the device if a Test Unit Ready failed with 'not ready' --- _before_ the capacity is read. In your log, Read Capacity works fine, apparently without previous Start Stop Unit. But the regular Read command after Read Capacity failed. Hmm... -- Stefan Richter -=====-=-==- =--= -=--- http://arcgraph.de/sr/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
